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VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Social Democrats celebrated Hans Peter Doskozil as their new leader at a party conference on Saturday after a ballot of delegates - only for faces to turn red two days later when it emerged that his opponent had actually won. | 01:46pm
The Social Democrats admitted that Peter Doskozil had wrongly been declared the winner at the expense of Andreas Babler.
Austria’s main center-left opposition party has reversed the result of its weekend leadership election, announcing that a computer error originally led to the wrong candidate being declared the winner.
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Austria's Social Democrats celebrated Hans Peter Doskozil as their new leader at a party conference on Saturday after a ballot of delegates - only for faces to turn red two days later when it emerged that his opponent had actually won.
Party announces one winner on Saturday, and another on Monday.